# 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election

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Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election 2013 was held in two phases on 11 and 19 November in Chhattisgarh state of India. The result was announced on 8 December. Incumbent ruling party BJP and Chief Minister Raman Singh retained the majority in assembly and formed government consequently for the third time.

## Polls

Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used in 1 assembly seat in Chhattisgarh elections. The first phase in the Naxal-affected areas of Bastar, consisting 18 constituencies, voted on 11 November and had a 75.53% voter turnout. The second phase in the other 72 constituencies was held on 19 November and had a 74.7% turnout.

### Security

The Hindu reported that 32 battalions of central paramilitaries were added to the 117,000 security force personnel in the area. Another almost 25,000 Chhattisgarh Police were stations in south Chhattisgarh. As a result, the Gond tribal region would consist of approximately 143,000 armed security personnel. The Hindu stated that after the mobilization of 600 companies of paramilitary forces in the tribal region, it was "one of the most militarized zones in the world."

## Results

Results were declared on 8 December 2013. Bharatiya Janata Party won 49 seats while the Indian National Congress won 39 seats. One Independent and one Bahujan Samaj Party candidate also won. BJP retained majority in state legislative assembly for consequently third time and Raman Singh sworn in as a Chief Minister.

### Party-wise

Summary of the 11–19 November 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election results :
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | ± pp | Contested | Won | +/− | % |
| | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 5,365,272 | 41.0 | 0.7 | 90 | 49 | 1 | 54.44 |
| | Indian National Congress (INC) | 5,267,698 | 40.3 | 1.7 | 90 | 39 | 1 | 43.33 |
| | Independents (IND) | 697,267 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 355 | 1 | 1 | 1.11 |
| | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 558,424 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 1.11 |
| | Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch (CSM) | 226,167 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 54 | 0 | | 0.00 |
| | Gondvana Gantantra Party (GGP) | 205,325 | 1.6 | | 44 | 0 | | 0.00 |
| | Other parties and candidates | 352,622 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 353 | 0 | | 0.00 |
| | None of the Above (NOTA) | 401,058 | 3.1 | 3.1 | | | | |
| Total | Total | 13,073,833 | 100.00 | | 1076 | 90 | ±0 | 100.0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 12,672,775 | 99.90 | | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 12,051 | 0.10 | | | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 13,085,884 | 77.45 | | | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 4,222,987 | 22.55 | | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 16,895,762 | | | | | | |
| Source: Election Commission of India |||||||||

### Region-wise

| Division | Seats | | | | |
| Division | Seats | BJP | INC | BSP | IND |
| Surguja | 14 | 7 | 7 | - | |
| Central Chhattisgarh | 64 | 38 | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| Bastar | 12 | 4 | 8 | - | |
| Total | 90 | 49 | 39 | 3 | |

### District-wise

| District | Seats | | | | |
| District | Seats | BJP | INC | BSP | IND |
| Koriya | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Surajpur | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Balrampur | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Surguja | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Jashpur | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Raigarh | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Korba | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Bilaspur | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| Mungeli | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Janjgir-Champa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Mahasamund | 4 | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Baloda Bazar | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Raipur | 7 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Gariaband | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Dhamtari | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Balod | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Durg | 6 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Bemetara | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Kawardha | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Rajnandgaon | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| Kanker | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Kondagaon | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Narayanpur | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Bastar | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Dantewada | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Bijapur | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sukma | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Total | 90 | 49 | 39 | 1 | 1 |

### Constituency-wise

| Constituency | Constituency | Winner | Winner | Winner | Winner | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Runner Up | Margin |
| # | Name | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | Margin |
| Koriya district |||||||||||
| 1 | Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST) | Champa Devi Pawle | | BJP | 42968 | Gulab Kamro | | INC | 38360 | 4608 |
| 2 | Manendragarh | Shyam Bihari Jaiswal | | BJP | 32613 | Gulab Singh | | INC | 28435 | 4178 |
| 3 | Baikunthpur | Bhaiyalal Rajwade | | BJP | 45471 | Bedanti Tiwari | | INC | 44402 | 1069 |
| Surajpur district |||||||||||
| 4 | Premnagar | Khelsai Singh | | INC | 77318 | Renuka Singh | | BJP | 58991 | 18327 |
| 5 | Bhatgaon | Paras Nath Rajwade | | INC | 67339 | Rajni Tripathi | | BJP | 59971 | 7368 |
| Balrampur district |||||||||||
| 6 | Pratappur (ST) | Ram Sewak Paikra | | BJP | 66550 | Prem Sai Singh Tekam | | INC | 58407 | 8143 |
| 7 | Ramanujganj (ST) | Brihaspat Singh | | INC | 73174 | Ramvichar Netam | | BJP | 61582 | 11592 |
| 8 | Samri (ST) | Pritam Ram | | INC | 82585 | Siddhnath Paikra | | BJP | 50762 | 31823 |
| Surguja district |||||||||||
| 9 | Lundra (ST) | Chintamani Maharaj | | INC | 64771 | Vijay Baba | | BJP | 54825 | 9946 |
| 10 | Ambikapur | T. S. Singh Deo | | INC | 84668 | Anurag Singh Deo | | BJP | 65110 | 19558 |
| 11 | Sitapur (ST) | Amarjeet Bhagat | | INC | 70217 | Raja Ram Bhagat | | BJP | 52362 | 17855 |
| Jashpur district |||||||||||
| 12 | Jashpur (ST) | Rajsharan Bhagat | | BJP | 79419 | Sarhul Ram Bhagat | | INC | 45070 | 34349 |
| 13 | Kunkuri (ST) | Rohit Kumar Sai | | BJP | 76593 | Abraham Tirkey | | INC | 47727 | 28866 |
| 14 | Pathalgaon (ST) | Shivshankar Paikra | | BJP | 71485 | Rampukar Singh Thakur | | INC | 67576 | 3909 |
| Raigarh district |||||||||||
| 15 | Lailunga (ST) | Suniti Rathia | | BJP | 75093 | Hriday Ram Rathiya | | INC | 60892 | 14201 |
| 16 | Raigarh | Roshanlal Agarwal | | BJP | 91045 | Shakrajeet Nayak | | INC | 70453 | 20592 |
| 17 | Sarangarh (SC) | Kerabhai Manhar | | BJP | 81971 | Padma Mahnar | | INC | 66127 | 15844 |
| 18 | Kharsia | Umesh Patel | | INC | 95470 | Jawaharlal Naik | | BJP | 56582 | 38888 |
| 19 | Dharamjaigarh (ST) | Laljeet Singh Rathia | | INC | 79276 | Om Prakash Rathia | | BJP | 59288 | 19988 |
| Korba district |||||||||||
| 20 | Rampur (ST) | Shyamlal Kanwar | | INC | 67868 | Nanki Ram Kanwar | | BJP | 57953 | 9915 |
| 21 | Korba | Jai Singh Agrawal | | INC | 72386 | Jogesh Lamba | | BJP | 57937 | 14449 |
| 22 | Katghora | Lakhan Lal Dewangan | | BJP | 61646 | Bodhram Kanwar | | INC | 48516 | 13130 |
| 23 | Pali-Tanakhar (ST) | Ram Dayal Uike | | INC | 69450 | Hira Singh Markam | | GGP | 40637 | 28813 |
| Bilaspur district |||||||||||
| 24 | Marwahi (ST) | Amit Jogi | | INC | 82909 | Samira Paikra | | BJP | 36659 | 46250 |
| 25 | Kota | Renu Jogi | | INC | 58390 | Kashiram Sahu | | BJP | 53301 | 5089 |
| Mungeli district |||||||||||
| 26 | Lormi | Tokhan Sahu | | BJP | 52302 | Dharmjeet Singh Thakur | | INC | 46061 | 6241 |
| 27 | Mungeli (SC) | Punnulal Mohle | | BJP | 61026 | Chandrabhan Barmate | | INC | 58281 | 2745 |
| Bilaspur district |||||||||||
| 28 | Takhatpur | Raju Singh | | BJP | 44735 | Ashish Singh Thakur | | INC | 44127 | 608 |
| 29 | Bilha | Siyaram Kaushik | | INC | 83598 | Dharamlal Kaushik | | BJP | 72630 | 10968 |
| 30 | Bilaspur | Amar Agrawal | | BJP | 72255 | Vani Rao | | INC | 56656 | 15599 |
| 31 | Beltara | Badridhar Diwan | | BJP | 50890 | Bhuvneshwar Yadav | | INC | 45162 | 5728 |
| 32 | Masturi (SC) | Dilip Lahariya | | INC | 86509 | Krishnamurti Bandi | | BJP | 62363 | 24146 |
| Janjgir–Champa district |||||||||||
| 33 | Akaltara | Chunnilal Sahu | | INC | 69355 | Dinesh Singh | | BJP | 47662 | 21693 |
| 34 | Janjgir-Champa | Motilal Dewangan | | INC | 54291 | Narayan Chandel | | BJP | 44080 | 10211 |
| 35 | Sakti | Khilawan Sahu | | BJP | 51577 | Saroja Manharan Rathore | | INC | 42544 | 9033 |
| 36 | Chandrapur | Yudhvir Singh Judev | | BJP | 51295 | Ram Kumar Yadav | | BSP | 45078 | 6217 |
| 37 | Jaijaipur | Keshav Prasad Chandra | | BSP | 47188 | Kailash Sahu | | BJP | 44609 | 2579 |
| 38 | Pamgarh (SC) | Ambesh Jangde | | BJP | 45342 | Dujaram Bouddh | | BSP | 37217 | 8125 |
| Mahasamund district |||||||||||
| 39 | Saraipali (SC) | Ramlal Chouhan | | BJP | 82064 | Haridas Bharadwaj | | INC | 53232 | 28832 |
| 40 | Basna | Rupkumari Choudhary | | BJP | 77137 | Devendra Bahadur Singh | | INC | 70898 | 6239 |
| 41 | Khallari | Chunni Lal Sahu | | BJP | 58652 | Paresh Bagbahara | | INC | 52653 | 5999 |
| 42 | Mahasamund | Vimal Chopra | | IND | 47416 | Agni Chandrakar | | INC | 42694 | 4722 |
| Baloda Bazar district |||||||||||
| 43 | Bilaigarh (SC) | Sangam Jangade | | BJP | 71364 | Shiv Kumar Dahria | | INC | 58669 | 12695 |
| 44 | Kasdol | Gaurishankar Agrawal | | BJP | 93629 | Rajkamal Singhania | | INC | 70701 | 22928 |
| 45 | Baloda Bazar | Janak Ram Verma | | INC | 76549 | Laxmi Baghel | | BJP | 66572 | 9977 |
| 46 | Bhatapara | Shivratan Sharma | | BJP | 76137 | Chaitram Sahu | | INC | 63797 | 12340 |
| Raipur district |||||||||||
| 47 | Dharsiwa | Devjibhai Patel | | BJP | 69419 | Anita Yogendra Sharma | | INC | 67029 | 2390 |
| 48 | Raipur Rural | Satyanarayan Sharma | | INC | 70774 | Nand Kumar Sahu | | BJP | 68913 | 1861 |
| 49 | Raipur City West | Rajesh Munat | | BJP | 64611 | Vikas Upadhyay | | INC | 58451 | 6160 |
| 50 | Raipur City North | Shrichand Sundrani | | BJP | 52164 | Kuldeep Juneja | | INC | 48688 | 3476 |
| 51 | Raipur City South | Brijmohan Agrawal | | BJP | 81429 | Kiranmayee Nayak | | INC | 46630 | 34799 |
| 52 | Arang (SC) | Naveen Markaandey | | BJP | 59067 | Guru Rudra Kumar | | INC | 45293 | 13774 |
| 53 | Abhanpur | Dhanendra Sahu | | INC | 67926 | Chandra Shekhar Sahu | | BJP | 59572 | 8354 |
| Gariaband district |||||||||||
| 54 | Rajim | Santosh Upadhyay | | BJP | 69625 | Amitesh Shukla | | INC | 67184 | 2441 |
| 55 | Bindrawagarh (ST) | Govardhan Singh Manhi | | BJP | 85843 | Janak Dhruw | | INC | 55307 | 30536 |
| Dhamtari district |||||||||||
| 56 | Sihawa (ST) | Shravan Markam | | BJP | 53894 | Ambika Markam | | INC | 46407 | 7487 |
| 57 | Kurud | Ajay Chandrakar | | BJP | 83190 | Lekhram Sahu | | INC | 56013 | 27177 |
| 58 | Dhamtari | Gurumukh Singh Hora | | INC | 70960 | Inder Chopra | | BJP | 60460 | 10500 |
| Balod district |||||||||||
| 59 | Sanjari-Balod | Bhaiyaram Sinha | | INC | 88874 | Pritam Sahu | | BJP | 58441 | 30433 |
| 60 | Dondi Lohara (ST) | Anila Bhediya | | INC | 66026 | Horilal Rawate | | BJP | 46291 | 19735 |
| 61 | Gunderdehi | Rajendra Rai | | INC | 72770 | Virendra Sahu | | BJP | 51490 | 21280 |
| Durg district |||||||||||
| 62 | Patan | Bhupesh Baghel | | INC | 68185 | Vijay Baghel | | BJP | 58842 | 9343 |
| 63 | Durg Gramin | Ramshila Sahu | | BJP | 50327 | Pratima Chandrakar | | INC | 47348 | 2979 |
| 64 | Durg City | Arun Vora | | INC | 58645 | Hemchand Yadav | | BJP | 53024 | 5621 |
| 65 | Bhilai Nagar | Premprakash Pandey | | BJP | 55654 | Badruddin Quraishi | | INC | 38548 | 17106 |
| 66 | Vaishali Nagar | Vidyaratan Bhasin | | BJP | 72594 | Bhajan Singh Nirankari | | INC | 48146 | 24448 |
| 67 | Ahiwara (SC) | Rajmahant Sanwla Ram Dahre | | BJP | 75337 | Ashok Dongre | | INC | 43661 | 31676 |
| Bemetara district |||||||||||
| 68 | Saja | Labhchand Bafna | | BJP | 81707 | Ravindra Choubey | | INC | 72087 | 9620 |
| 69 | Bemetara | Awadhesh Singh Chandel | | BJP | 74162 | Tamradhwaj Sahu | | INC | 59048 | 15114 |
| 70 | Navagarh (SC) | Dayaldas Baghel | | BJP | 69447 | Dheeru Prasad Ghritlahare | | CSM | 42254 | 27193 |
| Kawardha district |||||||||||
| 71 | Pandariya | Motiram Chandravanshi | | BJP | 81685 | Lalji Chandravanshi | | INC | 74412 | 7273 |
| 72 | Kawardha | Ashok Sahu | | BJP | 93645 | Mohammad Akbar | | INC | 91087 | 2558 |
| Rajnandgaon district |||||||||||
| 73 | Khairagarh | Girwar Janghel | | INC | 70133 | Komal Janghel | | BJP | 67943 | 2190 |
| 74 | Dongargarh (SC) | Sarojini Banjare | | BJP | 67158 | Thaneshwar Patila | | INC | 62474 | 4684 |
| 75 | Rajnandgaon | Raman Singh | | BJP | 86797 | Alka Mudliyar | | INC | 50931 | 35866 |
| 76 | Dongargaon | Daleshwar Sahu | | INC | 67755 | Dinesh Gandhi | | BJP | 66057 | 1698 |
| 77 | Khujji | Bholaram Sahu | | INC | 51873 | Rajinder Bhatia | | IND | 43179 | 8694 |
| 78 | Mohla-Manpur (ST) | Tej Kunwar Netam | | INC | 42648 | Bhojesh Singh Mandavi | | BJP | 41692 | 956 |
| Kanker district |||||||||||
| 79 | Antagarh (ST) | Vikram Usendi | | BJP | 53477 | Manturam Pawar | | INC | 48306 | 5171 |
| 80 | Bhanupratappur (ST) | Manoj Singh Mandavi | | INC | 64837 | Satish Latiya | | BJP | 49941 | 14896 |
| 81 | Kanker (ST) | Shankar Dhruw | | INC | 50586 | Sanjay Kodopi | | BJP | 45961 | 4625 |
| Kondagaon district |||||||||||
| 82 | Keshkal (ST) | Santram Netam | | INC | 53867 | Sewakram Netam | | BJP | 45178 | 8689 |
| 83 | Kondagaon (ST) | Mohan Markam | | INC | 54290 | Lata Usendi | | BJP | 49155 | 5135 |
| Narayanpur district |||||||||||
| 84 | Narayanpur (ST) | Kedar Nath Kashyap | | BJP | 54874 | Chandan Kashyap | | INC | 42074 | 12800 |
| Bastar district |||||||||||
| 85 | Bastar (ST) | Lakheshwar Baghel | | INC | 57942 | Subhau Kashyap | | BJP | 38774 | 19168 |
| 86 | Jagdalpur | Santosh Bafna | | BJP | 64803 | Shamu Kashyap | | INC | 48145 | 16658 |
| 87 | Chitrakot (ST) | Deepak Baij | | INC | 50303 | Baiduram Kashyap | | BJP | 37974 | 12329 |
| Dantewada district |||||||||||
| 88 | Dantewada (ST) | Devati Karma | | INC | 41417 | Bhima Mandavi | | BJP | 35430 | 5987 |
| Bijapur district |||||||||||
| 89 | Bijapur (ST) | Mahesh Gagda | | BJP | 29578 | Rajendra Pambhoi | | INC | 20091 | 9487 |
| Sukma district |||||||||||
| 90 | Konta (ST) | Kawasi Lakhma | | INC | 27610 | Dhaniram Barse | | BJP | 21824 | 5786 |